Potential antineoplastic effects of aloe-emodin: A comprehensive review

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 275-288

  Chen, Ruie ^a   Zhang, Jinming ^a   Hu, Yangyang ^a   Wang, Shengpeng ^a   Chen, Meiwan ^a   Wang, Yitao ^a  

^a University of Macau   (Macao)

Author keywords

Aloe emodin; Anti cancer Activity; Chemotherapy; Review; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALOE EMODIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL DISRUPTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG TRANSFORMATION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; G1 PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; HUMAN; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; LEUKOCYTE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; METASTASIS INHIBITION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOKINETICS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLASMA CONCENTRATION-TIME CURVE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; S PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; SKIN PENETRATION; STOMACH CANCER; SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE; THERAPY EFFECT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALOE; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; EMODIN; HUMANS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; PHYTOTHERAPY;

EID: 84897872505     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X14500189     Document Type: Review

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